Paralbara muscularia

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Paralbara muscularia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Paralbara
Species:
P. muscularia
Binomial name
Paralbara muscularia
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina musculariaWalker, 1866
  • Drepana orphninaHampson, [1893]
  • Albara orphnina ab. subpallidaWarren
  • Albara inaequidiscataWarren, 1922

Paralbara muscularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. [1] It is found in northern India, northern Myanmar and southern China. [2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. [3] Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with two dark brown lines, the first antemedial and the second postmedial. The latter has a zigzag course and borders the inner side of a dark red broad irregular band. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Paralbara muscularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 337 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1554 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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